Show GAPT LEAHY IS DEAD First Governor of Guam Dies in Massachusetts HEART FAILURE THE CAUSE As Naval Governor of the Island Ho Ruled ns Ho Would Hte Ship He Broke Tip Immorality by Obliging Natives to JiHarry Compelled Men to Perform a Certain Amount ot Work Every Week In 1889 Ho Prevented Germans Prom InterferIng > Interfer-ing in Samoan Affairs Boston Mass Dec 27Capt Richard Rich-ard P Icary U S N died this jnorn Ing at Marine hospital Chelsea Capt Leery was the first Governor of Guam when the Island came into the posses sldn of the United Staled Ho was relieved re-lieved of the command of the receiving ship Richmond last October on account ac-count of heart trouble and granted six months leave of absence Capt Ijcary was held in high regard by bio fellowsailors because of the nerve ho showed In the presence of two German warships in the harbor or Apa Samoa during the stirring times which wound up In the tremendous hurricane that wiped out tim German and American navies in those waters In 1SS9 Lcary was 1n command of the little Adams a tldrtlrato vessel of antiquated anti-quated pattern and ndlng the Germans Ger-mans about to Interfere forcibly in support of their own candidate for the Samoan chiefshlp he cleared ship for action first placIng himself In a position posi-tion to command cither approach and forbade any Intcrferenc lie was not molested and remained at his post until un-til the American squadron under Admiral Ad-miral Klmborlcy arrived when he was pnt north in the Adamsf thus ca capins the great hurricane 1 IIo wan L t unique figure as the first naval Governor of the Island of Gaum which ho ruled ns he would his shIp breaking up Immorality by obliging the natives to marry culling1 upon the men for a certain amount of work every ev-ery week nndeven prescribing tho minimum nuniber of poultry which should be maintained iueach family Ho was appointed from Maryland and entered the lnavah service In i U56U Ire commanded the San Francisco during dur-ing the West Indian campaign of the Spanish war |